STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1201-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: S.B. No. 2992
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 2992, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to
require the Department of Health to convene an Advisory Committee on Mental
Health Code Review beginning July 1, 2025, and every ten years thereafter.
Your Committee finds that
the chapters of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to mental health and
involuntary transport, examination, hospitalization, and treatment have been
amended in a piecemeal manner over the past several decades, leading to a lack
of clarity and inconsistency. Your
Committee further finds that establishing a mechanism to ensure regular and
systematic review of the State's mental health laws is essential to maintaining
the coherence and effectiveness of those laws.
The Advisory Committee on Mental Health Code Review that is proposed by
this measure will advance the State's overall goal of improving mental health
in the State, particularly for those who are unable to help themselves.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Health to convene
the advisory committee beginning July 1, 2024, rather than July 1, 2025;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000,
to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2992, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2992, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Homelessness,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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